04 Oct Celebrating Aurélien Breton: A Champion of patient access to innovation in South Africa
A reflective press release looking at Aurélien’s role and experience in the healthcare landscape...
04 Oct #WomensMonth: Siphiwe Ledingwane, director of PR, comms & projects at Ipasa on resilience
Meet Siphiwe Ledingwane, the dynamic director of Public Relations, Communications, and Projects at the Innovative Pharmaceutical Association South Africa (IPASA)....
04 Oct Unlocking potential
Elevating women's voices in the pharmaceutical industry is not just a matter of equity, but a catalyst for profound transformation....
28 Jul IPASA World Hepatitis Day 2024
The global health community has made significant strides in the fight against hepatitis, yet the journey towards its elimination remains fraught with challenges, particularly in regions such as Africa, writes Bada Pharasi, CEO at the Innovative Pharmaceutical Association of South Africa, and Professor Wendy Spearman,...
20 Feb Education, early detection and accessibility key to addressing SA’s cancer crisis
Although numerous obstacles hinder access to cutting-edge innovative medicines for combating cancer, the path to saving millions of lives lies in the collaborative effort between public and private systems to bridge the accessibility divide and mitigate the mortality rate associated with the disease, writes Bada...
14 Nov PATIENT SAFETY AS A PRINCIPLE OF HEALTHCARE
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14 Nov REVITALISING THE FIGHT AGAINST TUBERCULOSIS: RECENT DATA, CHALLENGES, AND INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS
The tuberculosis (TB) epidemic remains among the deadliest and most persistent threats to global health, claiming more than one million lives annually. The urgent need to “End Tuberculosis”, is encapsulated in the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal (SDGs), which commits to eradicating the interconnected epidemics...
21 Sep Elevating patients’ voices for greater healthcare safety
With four in ten patients injured in primary and outpatient healthcare and 134 million adverse events occurring on the back of unsafe care in hospitals globally every year1, World Patient Safety Day aims to address the avoidable challenges that will bolster patient safety across the...
02 Aug Celebrating a decade of pioneering SA’s innovative pharmaceutical industry
Over the past 10 years, the Innovative Pharmaceutical Association of South Africa (IPASA) has been instrumental in addressing and advancing the accessibility barriers of South Africa’s healthcare sector. Ongoing research and development means that South African patients with serious illnesses such as cancer, TB and...
20 Jun Can the health system help answer South Africa’s youth unemployment issue?
Amid skyrocketing youth unemployment, healthcare, a vast sector which touches all of our lives at some point, seems a sensible space for young people to set their sights on for opportunities. From clinical sciences to pharmacy, there is a myriad of careers in the healthcare...
19 Apr Lessons learnt can bolster SA’s public healthcare system
With Rwanda’s Universal Health Coverage (UHC) initiative ensuring adequate healthcare for almost 90% of its population, there are several learnings that South Africa can implement to ensure the long-term success of its planned National Health Insurance (NHI) initiative, writes Bada Pharasi, CEO of the Innovative...
14 Dec How global and local partnerships can achieve the life-saving aims of Universal Health Coverage Day
According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), 41 million people each year die of non-communicable diseases (NCDs), equivalent to 74% of all deaths globally. Each year, 17 million people die from an NCD before age 70; 86% of these premature deaths occur in low- and...
14 Dec How do we ensure access to life-saving medication without crippling innovation? Let’s talk about voluntary licensing.
To address the need for affordable and accessible life-saving medical interventions, the Medicines Patent Pool has become the saving grace for countless patients, writes Dr Mothobi Godfrey Keele, Head of Government Affairs and Policy at IPASA. As of 2021, more than 38.4 million people globally...
14 Nov SAHPRA ATTAINS WHO RECOGNITION FOR ITS REGULATORY PROCESSES
The Innovative Pharmaceutical Association of South Africa (IPASA) congratulates the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) on achieving a functional level of maturity (Level 3) for its vaccine regulation, according to the World Health Organization’s (WHO’s) global classification system for national medical products regulatory...
01 Nov Innovative Medicines Play Key Role in Treating Breast Cancer
Early detection coupled with innovative technologies and medications are crucial to reducing breast cancer mortality rates in South Africa, writes Dr Mothobi Godfrey Keele, Head of Government Affairs and Policy, Innovative Pharmaceutical Association of South Africa (IPASA). Given that South Africa recently observed Breast Cancer Awareness...